Dali Temple Conspiracy Records

Chapter 28 Usage of Avalokitesvara Soil
Guanyin Clay is white in color, soft and slippery, and will turn into a paste after adding water.In the year of catastrophic famine, the victims often use it as pasta to satisfy their hunger, but eating a large amount will cause people to die of abdominal distension.This soil does have the effect of relieving diarrhea, but pharmacies generally do not prescribe this prescription.

Another well-known use is the shaping of car blanks and firing into ceramic utensils.An unintentional reminder from Lao Zhou opened up a new way of thinking for Li Quan.The two catties of Avalokitesvara soil that Kui Niang bought was definitely not used to satisfy hunger, and most likely it was not used to treat diarrhea.When the maid went to buy it, she finally found a pottery workshop to buy so much.

So Li Quan sent people to take the portrait of Kui Niang to inquire about the workshops and shops in the whole city about firing and casting, but they found nothing.Just when the investigation was deadlocked and it was difficult to make any progress, Bai Sanxiu took back some sachets and asked Li Quan to ask someone to hold the sachets and ask again.

"This is it?" Li Quan opened the sachet and fanned his nose lightly with his hand, feeling a little familiar with the fragrance.

"It's the smell of the demon mist! I asked Mr. Yuan, the spice shop in West Market, who had encountered the demon mist, to configure it according to my memory. Of course, I also made some adjustments to the suggestion. But the smell of water was gone." Bai Sanxiu was proud The expression on her face waiting for praise couldn't be more obvious, "Si Zhi suspected that Kui Niang had done other things with Guanyin soil, I thought, maybe she has disguised herself. But because of her constitution, she has a strange fragrance. There is also thick makeup powder, no matter how you change the clothes, the smell is hard to get rid of. In fact, people have a deeper impression of smell than they think.”

Li Quan nodded and gave her a look of approval. "I see. That's a good lead indeed."

He really boasted, but she patted her head in embarrassment, "It's all taught by Si Zhi."

Li Quan raised his eyebrows: "Tell me, how much will you be reimbursed this time?"

"Ahaha, Sizhi is the one who knows me! Then I also bought some spices for cooking, don't you think..."

"If you say you're smart, you really know how to count." Li Quan shook his head funny.He thought of something again, "You wrote the letter of acknowledgment to Prince Liang's mansion back then, did you ask your husband to teach you to read?" His eyes were meaningful, but Bai Sanxiu didn't see it.

"I can read, but I didn't learn it at home. Not only can I read, but I can also write!" She said like a treasure.

Li Quan was taken aback for a moment before realizing that what she said was Biaozi. "Oh? What is it?"

"It's appropriate to laugh. 'It's not only suitable for watching but also suitable for laughing'."

""Mountain Ghost"?" Li Guan thought for a while, "'Collecting the Three Shows in the Mountains', so your name comes from this."

"I knew that Si Zhi is so knowledgeable, so he must know this poem. I'm not sure if it's called that, but Yi Xiao is indeed. It was given by my friend... I didn't understand this line when she read it back then. I thought it sounded good, so I went to learn to read.”

"It seems that this friend has had a profound influence on you."

"Yeah, she...she's very good." Bai Sanxiu blinked, paused for a while, and then continued, "Although we have only spent a short time together, in the words of you scholars, we are probably confidants! "

"Well, a daughter is easy to get, but a bosom friend is hard to find."

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Using Bai Sanxiu's sachet, the catchers sent by Li Quan actually asked about Kuiniang's whereabouts.After the Lantern Festival, she went to a blacksmith shop in the west of the city. Just as Bai Sanxiu expected, she changed her makeup and put on a veiled hat, so the blacksmith didn't know her appearance, but he still had an impression of her smell.Kui Niang poured copper water into the clay mold she had brought, and cast a small brass piece.The blacksmith didn't see what it was, but Kui Niang claimed that it was a token of love for her sweetheart.

After the blacksmith gestured to the approximate size of the brass casting, Li Quan's expression sank, revealing a rare serious expression.

"What's the matter, Si Zhi?" Bai Sanxiu hurriedly asked.

"I'm going to go to Yushitai again."

(End of this chapter)